CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Dimitar Blagoev

Address 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tzarigradsko shosse blvd. 125, bl. 4, room 417

Phone +359 2 870 62 60 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Bulgarian

Date of birth 03/ 03/ 1970

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from - to) April 1999 – continuing

• Employer’s name “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Bulgaria • Area of activity or sector Lecturing in Sociology; Sociological research • Occupation or position held Assistant professor • Main activities and responsibilities Sociologist Lecturer at the Department of Sociology

Academic courses taught: Sociology of social stratification (2011 ) Playing sociology together (2009 ) Coping with sociological texts (2009 ) Research of evaluation in education (2007 ) Bulgarian stratification transformations (2001 ) Sociology (1999 - 2008) Theories of modernization (1999 - 2005)

• Dates (from - to) January 2010 – December 2014

• Employer’s name NOVA Broadcasting Group • Area of activity or sector Media research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research advisor • Main activities and responsibilities Expertise and consultations related to television audience measurement and media research

• Dates (from - to) September 2007 – January 2010 • Employer’s name Diema TV • Area of activity or sector Media research and analyses

Page 1 • Occupation or position held Research advisor • Main activities and responsibilities Expertise and consultations related to television audience measurement and media research

• Dates (from - to) June 2005 – June 2007 • Employer’s name ММ TV • Area of activity or sector Media research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research advisor • Main activities and responsibilities Expertise and consultations related to television audience measurement and media research

• Dates (from - to) December 2004 – April 2009 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations and applied research practices (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social and sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Managing director • Main activities and responsibilities Management and organization

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Dates (from - to) April 2017 – December 2017 • Employer’s name “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Scientific and Research Fund • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the project “Study of BA students dropping out of the Faculty of Philosophy”. • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) April 2016 – December 2016 • Employer’s name “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Scientific and Research Fund • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Deputy team-leader of the research team of the project “Changes in the social positions and life chances in Bulgarian small towns”. • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) October – December 2012 • Employer’s name GeoMarine Center Ltd • Area of activity or sector Socio-economic analyses and needs assessment • Occupation or position held Key expert for “Social Investment and Community Needs Assessment for Bulgaria” project, commissioned by ERM – London • Main activities and responsibilities Socio-economic baseline analysis; social investment needs assessment; community needs assessment

• Dates (from - to) October 2011 – September 2012 • Employer’s name GeoMarine Center Ltd • Area of activity or sector Social analyses and social assessment • Occupation or position held Key expert for “Social Impact Assessment Report for Bulgarian section of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project” • Main activities and responsibilities Socio-economic baseline analysis; impact assessment

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• Dates (from - to) September 2010 – February 2011 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations and applied research practices (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social and sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Key researcher and supervisor of field research of the project “Social Survey Along the Route of Nabucco Gas Pipeline” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; focus group discussions; analytical report

• Dates (from - to) September 2009 – May 2010 • Employer’s name “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Scientific and Research Fund • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Deputy team-leader of the research team of the project “Life Chances Transformation and Status Changes: Bulgaria in the Beginning of 21st Century” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) September 2008 – February 2009 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations and applied research practices (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social and sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Project manager and research team leader of the project “Citizens’ Control as a Guarantee of an Open and Transparent Municipal Authority in town of Gabrovo”, in cooperation with Help for Self-helping Foundation, Sofia; co-funded by the European Social Fund of the EU • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) August 2008 – November 2008 • Employer’s name Apeiron Communication Ltd., Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research team leader of the project “Attitudes of People Living in Mining Industry Areas Towards the Industry’”. • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) August 2007 – November 2007 • Employer’s name Institute for Social Policy and Social Work, Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research team leader of the project “Social Integration of Women and Children With Disabilities”. • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) July 2005 – March 2006 • Employer’s name Center for Liberal Strategies – Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the research project ”State of Society” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

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• Dates (from - to) January 2004 – December 2004 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations and applied research practices (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social and sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the research project „Patterns of Corruption in Bulgarian Higher Education” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research supervision; field research implementation: in-depth interviewing; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) December 2003 – February 2004 • Employer’s name “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Department of Sociology • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the research project „Patterns of Evaluation in Sociology Education” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; analytical report elaboration

• Dates (from - to) November 2003 – March 2004 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research team leader of the project „Facing Success, Survival and Dropping-out: Changing Patterns of Social Mobility in Small Bulgarian and Small Macedonian Town” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research: in-depth interviewing; focus group discussions; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) January 2003 – December 2004 • Employer’s name PR Point, Bulgaria and Senter Internationaal, The Netherlands: SPAN Consultants, The Netherlands. • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Key research expert of the project “Communication Strategy of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Bulgaria”. • Main activities and responsibilities Expertise, consultations and supervision on: sociological research; public opinion research, mass media research

• Dates (from - to) January – May 2002 • Employer’s name Association for social investigations (ASI), Sofia • Area of activity or sector Sociological research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the research project „Group Interests and Group Formation. NGOs in Small Bulgarian and Macedonian Town”. • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research: in-depth interviewing; focus group discussions; analytical report.

• Dates (from - to) October 2001 – January 2002 • Employer’s name Institute for Social Policy and Social Work, Sofia • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Research team leader of the project “Social Assistance: Redistribution of Roles of the Stakeholders” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research: in-depth interviewing; focus group discussions; analytical report.

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• Dates (from - to) 1996 – 1998 • Employer’s name Research Support Scheme - Open Society Institute, Prague, Czech Republic • Area of activity or sector Social research and analyses • Occupation or position held Member of the research team of the research project „Indigenous and Western Cultures in the Emerging Key Political and Economic Institutions in Bulgaria: A Comparison with Germany”” • Main activities and responsibilities Research methodology building; research tools design; field research: in-depth interviewing; secondary (quantitative) data analysis; analytical report

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from - to) December 2005 – February 2006 • Education or training Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany organization’s name and locality • Qualification awarded Specialization in Media Research

• Dates (from - to) September – October 2002 • Education or training Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany organization’s name and locality • Qualification awarded Specialization in Comparative Research of Social Mobility

• Dates (from - to) August – September 1999 • Education or training European Consortium for Sociological Research. University of Mannheim, Germany organization’s name and locality • Qualification awarded International Graduate School on Methods of Sociological Research

• Dates (from - to) October 1991 – November 1995 • Education or training “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Bulgaria organization’s name and locality • Qualification awarded M.A. in Sociology

PERSONAL SKILLS

MOTHER TONGUE Bulgarian

OTHER LANGUAGE(S)

English • Reading C2 • Writing C2 • Speaking C1

Russian • Reading B1 • Writing B2 • Speaking B2

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ORGANIZATIONAL / MANAGERIAL Management of research organization; management of non-profit organization; SKILLS management of scientific, research, analytical and applied projects and activities.

DIGITAL COMPETENCE MS Office, IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Blagoev, D. 2017. Life Chances’ Transformations in the “Middletown”. Sofia University Yearbook, book Sociology, vol.107, „St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press, (in Bulgarian; forthcoming).

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. 2017. Local Differentiation of the Factors for the Lack of Ethnic Identification. Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management, 1(10) (in Bulgarian; forthcoming).

Blagoev, D. 2016. „Digital” Entrepreneurship: Technological Potentials and Stratification Limitations. Economic Sociology 4.0, UNWE Publishing, Sofia, 89-98 (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. 2016. Ethnic-specific and Ethnic-nonspecific Factors for Ethnicity Non-identification in Bulgaria. Available at http://epc2016.princeton.edu/papers/160887

Blagoev, D. 2015. Middle Classes Undergoing Transformation in a Digitizing World, International Journal of Communication: 9, 2784-2800.

Blagoev, D. 2015. “The Middle Class” between “Production” and “Consumption” of Life Chances. Sofia University Yearbook, book Sociology, vol.105, „St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press, 92-118 (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. 2014. Ethnicity Non-identification in the 2011 Census in Bulgaria. Available at http://epc2014.princeton.edu/papers/140592

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. 2014. In Search of Lost Ethnicity: Research Problems and Solutions. Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management, 1(8), 16-50 (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. 2013. Study of Evaluation as an Educational Management Tool (Transposing Fixed Scale Assessment into Relative Scale Assessment). Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management, 1 (6), 62-78.

Blagoev, D. 2009. Processes of Stratification Transformation in Bulgaria since 1989: Methodological Challenges and Socio- historic Contexts of Social Life Dynamization. In: Sociology Facing the Challenge of the Differences. „St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press, 319-338 (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. 2008. Life Chances and Status Dynamics. State of Society. Open Society Institute Publishing, Sofia, 177-214 (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. 2005. Social Mobility Patterns in a Reindustrialized Small Town. Sofia University Yearbook, book Sociology, vol. 96-98, „St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press. (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. 2005. (book, co-authored with G. Dimitrov, P. Kabakchieva, P. Bojadzhieva, V. Garnizov, G. Ganev, I. Hristov, V. Dancev, M. Gramatikov, E. Stoykova). ANTIcorruption or antiEDUCATION. Research on Corruption in Bulgarian Higher Education, Iztok-Zapad Publishing House, Sofia (in Bulgarian).

Blagoev, D. 2004. (co-authored with I. Vojnov, S. Georgieva, G. Dimitrov, V. Staevska, E. Stoykova, K. Haralampiev). Issues with Students’ Evaluation in the Department of Sociology at Sofia University. Sofia University Yearbook, book Sociology, vol.95, „St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press (in Bulgarian).

CONFERENCE PAPERS (LAST FIVE YEARS)

Blagoev, D. Life Chances’ Transformations in the Small Town. Conference “Living Together: Communities, Institutions, Networks”, Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 March 2017

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Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. Local Differentiation of the Factors for the Lack of Ethnic Identification in 2011 Census in Bulgaria. Interdisciplinary international conference „Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2016”, Ravda, 21-25 September 2016.

Blagoev, D. Digitalization and Glocalization: Challenges and Frontiers to Crowdfunding Entrepreneurship. International Conference “Digitization and Social Transformations in the Globalized World”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 29 September - 01 October 2016

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. Ethnic-specific and Ethnic-nonspecific Factors for Ethnicity Non-identification in Bulgaria. European Population Conference 2016, Mainz, Germany, 1-3 September 2016.

Blagoev, D. „Digital” Entrepreneurship: Technological Potentials and Stratification Limitations. Economic Sociology 4.0 Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 19 November 2015

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. Ethnicity Non-identification in the 2011 Census in Bulgaria. European Population Conference 2014, Budapest, Hungary, 25-28 June 2014.

Blagoev, D. “The Middle Class” between “Production” and “Consumption” of Life Chances. Second International Conference on the Middle Class: “The Middle Class as a Precondition of a Sustainable Society: Fifteen Years Later”, Sofia, 3-4 December 2013

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. In the Search of a Lost Ethnic Identification (Applying Quantitative Methods as a Prerequisite for Effective Public Policies towards Ethnic Groups). Interdisciplinary international conference „Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2013”, Ravda, 10-14 September 2013.

Blagoev, D. and K. Haralampiev. Education Management by Evaluation Measurement. Interdisciplinary international conference „Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2012”, Ravda, 12-16 September 2012

Blagoev, D. Status Changes and/or Mobility? The Small Towns’ Case. Second Annual Conference of the Balkan Sociological Forum „Close but Unknown Neighbors: Balkan Sociological Perspectives”, Sofia, 9-10 November 2012

SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATIONS IN BULGARIAN

Berger, P. 1998. The Capitalist revolution. Sofia: LIK Publishing House. 320 p.

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